Katherine Kavanaugh received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Minnesota in Duluth, traveled for nearly three years, built a house, got married and moved to Louisiana. While there she received a Master of Liberal Arts degree and mentored with the artist Clyde Connell. After moving to the Washington, DC area she completed a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Maryland College Park. Her own work has evolved from mixed media sculpture to primarily site-specific, indoor and outdoor installations which sometimes incorporate video projections. Recently she has collaborated with choreographers and dancers and designed performance spaces for community groups in Washington.

Site-specific Installations

• Art Museum of the Americas, Organization of American States, Washington, DC.
• The Klotz Chateau, Rochefort-en-Terre, Brittany, France.
• The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA.
• Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington.

Groups Exhibitions

• Hemicycle Gallery of the Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, DC
• Westbeth Gallery, New York City
• Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey
• Art Center of South Florida, Miami
• Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, Maryland
• School 33, Baltimore, Maryland
• Rosenberg Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
• Goucher College, Baltimore, Maryland

Publications

• Art Papers
• The Washington Post
• The Miami Herald

Awards & Recognition

• Maryland State Arts Council, Individual Artist Award
• finalist Virginia Commission for the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship Award, Sculpture
• MICA faculty development grants

Artist Residencies

• Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
• Ragdale Foundation